Fence-tool.



No. 855549. PATENTED JUNE 4, 1907.

J. L. ALBIN. FENCE TOOL.

APPLIOATIOK FILED NOV. 16.1905.

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JOHN L. ALBIN, OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

FENCE-TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. June 4, 1907.

Application filed November 15,1906. Serial No. 343,558.

To (all whom it may concern;

The method of operation is as follows.

Be it known that I, JOHN L. ALBIN, a citi- For use as a wire stretcherthe fulcrinn arm zen of the United States, residing at Colorado Springs,in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Fence-Tools, of'which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists of a new and novel combination tool to be used infence buildmg and repairing either as a wire stretcher, wire cutter or astaple puller. These results are obtained by means of the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a plan ofmy device in position for use as a wire stretcher. elevation of thearrangement shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 illustrates the wire cutting deviceas seen in an elevation and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the parts shown inFig. 3. Fig. 5 shows a side view of the staple pulling end of the tool.Fig. 6 is an end view of arrangement shown in Fig. 5.

Throughout the several views like characters refer to like arts.

Referring to tie details of construction 1 is a handle or lever.

2 is a curved continuation of the handle 1 and in operation it is thiscurved arm which forms a fulcrum against the fence post as a pivot.

3 is a staple puller on the opposite end of the handle 1. It consists ofa heel and pair of claws having between them a wedge shaped slot similarin arrangement to the ordinary claw hammer.

4 is a claw plate welded, riveted or otherwise fastened to the handle 1at the point where the curvature begins. This claw plate has a wedgeshaped slot 6 intended to receive the wire to be tightened. One end ofthe curved arm 2 is flattened and finished to receive and furnish abearing for a like flattened and finished end on the lever 5 which is tobe secured at such bearing by means of the pivot 9. I

8 represents the wire to be stretched.

7 is a fence post to which the wire is to be fastened when stretched.

10 and 11 are vertical wire cutting slots in the pivoted ends of thelever 5 and arm 2.

' 13 is a staple to be pulled. p

14 is a hook on the end of the lever 5.

Fig. 2 is a front I is placed on the opposite side of the fence postfrom which the wireis to be secured. The wire is then placed in the slot6 and with the lever the stretcher is moved around the post l in thedirection in which the wire is to be pulled. When the desired tensionhas been secured the Wire is stapled to the post. Should the user desiretohol'd the wire taut without stapling to the post, the hook 14 on theend of the lever 5 would be driven into the post after which the handlemight be released, the hook or barb 14 preventing it from movingbackward aroinid post and loosening wire. As a wire cutter, the wire isplaced in the slots 10 and 11 while such slots are in line. The lever 5is then moved. in and the wire sheared between the inner edges of theslots. As a staple puller, the end designated as 3 is to be used. Theclaws on this end are either inserted between the wire and the post ifthe staple is holding a Wire to the post or through the end of thestaple if open, then with the heel as a pivot the handle is moved untilthe staple is withdrawn.

The tool may be made of steel, iron wood or any other suitable materialsor combination of materials.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

In a fence tool the combination of a lever composed of the handle 1, thecurved fulcrum arm 2 and having secured to it the claw block 4 adaptedto engage and hold the wire to be stretched, a lever pivoted to the endof the fulcrum arm 2 and having on its end the hook 14 to be driven intothe post for the purpose of holding the wire taut until permanently asdescribed and for set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto the uses and purposes signed myname in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN L. ALBIN. Witnesses:

H. S. CLARK,

B. C. I-IAYs.

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